Marin Teknikk has secured a new large contract for advanced Offshore Dive- & Construction vessels

Marin Teknikk has entered into a contract with Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group for delivery of Design & Engineering of two Diving & Construction vessels for Ultra Deep Offshore Ltd. in Singapore. The vessels are a newly developed MT6023 DSCV design, and will be equipped with an 18 men diving system for operations down to 300 m water depth.

MT6023 DSCV is an advanced Diving- and Construction vessel developed for demanding operations worldwide. The vessel will have a length of 103 meters and a breadth of 23 meters, top class accommodation for 120 persons plus 18 divers, two heave compensated subsea cranes, one 150 ton offshore crane with depth capability to 3000 m water depth, and one 20 ton offshore crane for operation down to 300 m water depth. In addition, arrangement for 2 WROV’s (unmanned remote operated submarines/robots) for operation down to 3000 meters water depth.

The vessels are to be built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group in China, where the first vessel is planned to be delivered Medio 2018 and vessel no. 2 at the End of 2018. Vessel no. 2 is to be finally confirmed by end of April 2016.

Marin Teknikk has designed a cost efficient and functional Diving & Construction vessel with high focus on safety for the crew/divers, and following up designing environment-friendly, modern and advanced multifunctional offshore vessels to compete in a market with very low oil and gas prices.

With more than 800m2 open work deck area with deck strength of 10 ton/m2 and a smaller storage on top of dive hangar, creates a good platform for the vessels operation and function.The vessels will be built according to Det Norske Veritas GL, included the new SPS code; DNV GL + 1A1, EO, SPS, DYNPOS AUTR, DK(+), HELDK-SH, COMF-V(3), CLEAN DESIGN, DSV-SAT, DSV SURFACE, CRANE, ICE C, NAUT-OSV(A), BWM-T, REYCYCLABLE.

“We are very pleased to sign this contract, especially when we see the weak market within the Oil & Gas Industry” says Svein-Rune Gjerde in Marin Teknikk. “We have been working close with UDS the last 3 years to develop several advanced diving vessels. With this new contract shows again Marin Teknikk’s strong position in the OSV market and that we are among the world’s leading designers of advanced Diving & Construction vessels”.

Mr. Shel Hutton, CEO of UDS says: "I am pleased by the positive response by oil majors and major diving companies to the design of our diving support vessels, and it affirms our company is heading in the right direction to build quality and size-appropriate vessels catered for the market. The current slowdown in the market allows us time to ensure our designs are optimized and customized for relevance in the oil and gas industry. I am thankful to our partners, and supporters, especially Marin Teknikk, DNV GL, and the shipyard, which have supported the company's vision, and realizing our plans to build these vessels. With these vessels Ultra Deep follows up the company’s strategic focus, and will be a spear point in the market".

This contract will secure work for the 110 engineers in Norway and Poland for parts of 2016 and a bit into 2017.

Marin Teknikk is also working with several new and exciting designs for Fishery, Yacht, Cruise and Offshore Mining Industry.

Mr. Shel Hutton continues: "I am pleased by the positive response by oil majors and major diving companies to the design of our diving support vessels, and it affirms our company is heading in the right direction to build quality and size-appropriate vessels catered for the market. The current slowdown in the market allows us time to ensure our designs are optimized and customized for relevance in the oil and gas industry. I am thankful to our partners, and supporters, especially Marin Teknikk, DNV GL, and the shipyard, which have supported the company's vision, and realizing our plans to build these vessels."

On Saturday 26 September 2015 the MT6015 IES Energy was successfully launched at Kleven Verft in Norway. The vessel is being built for Malaysian based joint venture company IES Pioneer, and is supposed to be ready for delivery by late December 2015.

Naming ceremony for MT6021 MkII Olympic Delta

Olympic Delta was given its name by Cassie Dingman in beautiful summer weather in Fosnavåg, on Saturday 4 June 2015. The ceremony was followed by an Open Ship arrangement, where a lot of visitors entered the ship.

The 94 meters long vessel is equipped with an active heave compensated subsea crane capable of lifting 80t (900t/m – 30t at 30 meters) and has wire capacity of 2500 meters. The work deck is 900 square meters and has a moonpool of 6m x 6m. The vessel has accommodation for 80 persons.

Olympic and Delta will jointly market the vessel to clients for Subsea, IMR and renewable markets or similar work.

The decreasing trend in the Oil & Gas market clearly indicated that this exhibition could be a bit quieter than earlier, but all in all we are quite satisfied when we look back on these days. During the four days of Nor-Shipping 2015, Marin Teknikk is satisfied both with the exhibition in general and number of visitors to our stand.

A re-designed stand gave the stand personnel and visitors flexible and good working areas, followed by many interesting discussions with both old and new contacts and clients.

Marin Teknikk has secured a new large contract for an advanced Dive Support & Constr. vessel for Ultra Deep Charter

Marin Teknikk AS has entered into a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (CMHI), for design & engineering delivery for a new developed large Multipurpose Diving Support & Construction Vessel to Ultra Deep Charter Ltd. (UDS) in Singapore. The vessel will be of the MT6023 DSCV design, with an 18 men single bell saturation system, for operations down to 300 meters.

MT6023 DSCV is an advanced Diving & Construction Vessel developed for demanding operations worldwide. The vessel will have a length of 111.58 meters and a breadth of 23 meters, top class accommodation for 120 persons, two cranes, a 150 T offshore crane with depth capability to 3000 m water depth, and one 10 T crane for operation down to 300m. In addition, arrangement for 2 WROV’s (unmanned remote operated submarines/robots) for operations down to 3000 meters ocean depth.

The vessels are to be built by China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (CMHI), in China, and 1st vessel will be ready for delivery in mid of 2017, 2nd vessel end 2017 and 3rd vessel in mid of 2018. (The 2nd and 3rd vessel are optional contracts).

Marin Teknikk has designed a new cost efficient and functional Diving Support & Construction vessel with high focus on safety for the crew/divers and operability. The vessels are following up designing environment-friendly, modern and advanced multifunctional offshore diving support construction vessels. The vessel’s 1,000m² open work deck area with deck strength of 10 ton/m² and a smaller storage area on top of dive hangar, creates a good platform for transport of equipment and tools to and from oil- and subsea fields, prepared for world‐wide operations in the less deep and ultra-deep oil and gas sector projects.

“We are very pleased to design another series of great DSV’s for UDS and sign another contract with CMHI”, states Sales Director of Marin Teknikk, Richard Gjerde. “We have been working close with UDS the last 1 ½ year to develop one of the largest and advanced DP3 diving vessels, MT6027 in the offshore industry, under construction at ZPMC. This contract with the medium size MT6023 design, , we have worked on for a few months, shows again MT’s strong position in the OSV market and that we are among the world’s leading designers of advanced diving & construction vessels”.

This marks another important milestone in the history of Ultra Deep Solutions, in line with the company's strategic plan to spearhead the development and operation of efficient, cost-effective diving and support vessels in the oil and gas industry.With the partnership and cooperation of China Merchants Heavy Industries (CMHI), these Diving Support Vessels will be constructed with a target completion in 2017/2018. China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), incorporated since 1997, one of the largest shipyards in China, has a successful track of record of delivering offshore rigs and vessels for the oil and gas industry. CMHI is currently building 2 Diving Support Vessels of MT6024 design, due for delivery in 2016/2017, which makes CMHI one of the most experienced Chinese shipyard to construct these complex vessels for UDS.

The custom-designed DP2 MT6023 DSCV vessel, classed under Det Norsk Veritas (DNV), is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, which allows the vessel to operate in unrestricted waters for subsea support works. She is also equipped with a heave compensated 150T crane (depth of 3000m), a 18-men saturation system with single 18-men SPHL up to a depth of 300m (optional with twin bell), and WROV with LARS system.

The delivery of these vessels is ideally positioned for the uptrend in the subsea sector of the oil and gas industry in 2017/2018. Mr Shel Hutton, Chairman of UDS, said "I am pleased by the positive response by oil majors and major diving companies to the design of our diving support vessels, and it affirms our company is heading in the right direction to build quality and size-appropriate vessels catered for the market. The current slowdown in the market allows us time to ensure our designs are optimized and customized for relevance in the oil and gas industry. I am thankful to our partners, and supporters, especially MT, DNV, and CMHI, who have supported the company's vision, and realizing our plans to build these vessels."

Mr Shel Hutton, Chairman of UDS, said "I am pleased by the positive response by oil majors and major diving companies to the design of our diving support vessels, and it affirms our company is heading in the right direction to build quality and size-appropriate vessels catered for the market. The current slowdown in the market allows us time to ensure our designs are optimized and customized for relevance in the oil and gas industry. I am thankful to our partners, and supporters, especially Marin Teknikk, DNV GL, and CMHI, who have supported the company's vision, and realizing our plans to build these vessels."

The MT6021 Olympic Bibby was given its name in Fosnavåg today by Connie Brown, in a windy but nice ceremony. The vessel has a lenght of 87.75m and a width of 19m, heading straight into duty in the British Sector of the North Sea after the Naming Ceremony.

Kleven build number 371, with OCV MT6021 design ‘Oympic Bibby’, has been signed to a contract with Bibby Offshore for 3 years with options for an additional 3 years.

The MT6021 Olympic Bibby was developed in cooperation with Olympic, with the first contact at end of May 2013. Contract with Kleven was signed in November 2013, followed by 17 months of total projecting and building time.

The vessel has a 60 Ton AHC Offshore Crane with 2000m wire, with 99% compensation at 4.5m wave height & 200m water depth. The work deck area is 820m2.

ROV garage for 2 Work ROV’s are also present.

The vessel has accommodation for 68 people and are built according to SPS rules.

Marin Teknikk AS are performing a large re-construction of the MT6015 for Malaysian based IES Pioneer Ltd. The re-construction will include lengthening the vessel with 9 meters, plus adding a moon-pool and life boats. The vessel is supposed to be ready for duty by 20 December 2015.

Arild Hatløy appointed as CFO of Marin Teknikk

We are very pleased to announce that Arild Hatløy has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Marin Teknikk, effective as of January 2015. Arild is a member of the management team, and he reports to CEO Svein Rune Gjerde.

He holds a long experience from the maritime industry, and has previously served as Project Finance Director Marine of Rolls-Royce. Before that, he has worked as SVP Finance & Strategic Planning Offshore of Rolls-Royce, CFO of Odim ASA and Finance Director of Leca Portugal.

Arild Hatløy studied economics at the Molde University College and BI Norwegian Business School, and has extensive experience of accounting and financing.

Marin Teknikk AS is an independent ship design- and engineering company located at Dragsund, Herøy Municipal in Norway. The company was established in 1981. Together with two subsidiary companies in Poland, Marin Teknikk Szczecin and Marin Teknikk Gdansk, the company consist of more than 100 high qualified employees.